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For the first time in its history, Houston Ballet has a Prix de Lausanne winner.
Emanuel Amuchastegui, 18, a native of Argentina and a student at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, won the coveted prize Sunday in Switzerland, capping a four-day competition among 70 elite pre-professional dancers ages 15-18 from across the world. Amuchastegui was also [...]read more

Guest writer: Shelly Power, associate director of Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy
Well 6 am always comes early for me, but anticipating a trip to Lausanne, Switzerland where I will be judging for one (if not the) most prestig...

Houston Ballet Academy students Tyler Donatelli, who is 17 and from Huntington Beach, California, and Michael Ryan, who is 17 and a native of Plano, Texas, have been accepted into the prestigious international ballet competition Pr...